New Delhi: The crucial hearing on the measures taken by the Centre to ease suffering of and, inconvenience to people in rural areas, who are mostly dependent on cooperative banks, post-demonetisation was taken up by the Supreme Court on Friday. AG Rohatgi argued on central government’s behalf.

AG Rohatgi told Supreme Court that “Government has taken all the necessary steps to ease inconveniences of the general public due to demonetisation”

On the other hand, Prashant Bhushan told Supreme Court that there was no cash in ATMs and cooperative banks were being discriminated

Supreme Court also seeks by Wednesday Centre's response on whether it will extend use of demonetised notes in government hospitals

Supreme Court asked Centre to respond to whether district cooperative banks can be allowed to accept deposits in demonetised currency notes

Supreme Court on Friday framed 9 questions for adjudication to decide whether demonetisation was unconstitutional or not

CJI asked Centre as to why order of the Union of granting limit of Rs 24,000 per week to a person had not been complied with